Swimming/Diving: Strath Haven’s Reswebers deliver in familiar style

RIDLEY TWP. >> Frances Resweber isn’t the only one feeling a little déjà vu these days. Soon, the rest of the Central League boys swimming coaches will, too. There’s a new Resweber on the scene, Strath Haven freshman Will Resweber. And if Wednesday’s meet against Ridley is any indication, the fourth of the swimming Reswebers will flow seamlessly into the high expectations set by the storied lineage. Will Resweber won the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle, helping Strath Haven claim a 112-88 Central League win over Ridley, while Frances did her usual 200/500 free double to help the girls to a 105-79 triumph. The Resweber family knows the drill by know. Drew, a junior at the Air Force Academy, and Clay both preceded Will through Dina Dormer’s boys team. Frances, a two-time All-Delco and the county record holder in the 200 free, will join Clay, a sophomore, at Davidson College next fall.

So the path that Will is following has been traveled before. That eases some of the pressure on his quest to be an impact freshman. “I’ve been watching the meets from the stands for a while now, and now that I get to swim in them, I’m really excited,” Will said.

The roles have been reversed for Frances, right down to Drew and Clay’s old SUV that she’s now entrusted with to ferry the Resweber clan to and from practices. She was a freshman when Drew was a senior leader on the Panthers. Three years later, she’s the big sister — literally, for Will, and symbolically to many of the 106 members of the Panthers’ gargantuan squad — and senior in charge.

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